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Page 86
He will give you a bottle of fever mixture — free of charge. A clever man, the
doctor Mahatmaya. Yes, you should take him to the hospital and get the medicine
— free of charge. It is a good medicine, though unpleasant to the taste, they tell
me.
He will give you a bottle of fever mixture — free of charge. A clever man, the
doctor Mahatmaya. Yes, you should take him to the hospital and get the medicine
— free of charge. It is a good medicine, though unpleasant to the taste, they tell
me.
Page 128
You can tell them, they say, by the eyes which do not blink. Rightly the village
women call me yakkini. I will stay with you. Look at my arms. Are they not as
strong as a man's arms ? I will stay with you, but as you lie by my side in the
house I will ...
You can tell them, they say, by the eyes which do not blink. Rightly the village
women call me yakkini. I will stay with you. Look at my arms. Are they not as
strong as a man's arms ? I will stay with you, but as you lie by my side in the
house I will ...
Page 299
Aiya, how can I tell his name ? ' ' What was his name, fool ? ' ' They called him
Babun." ' What was he convicted for ? ' ' It was a false case. They said he had
robbed the Arachchi.' ' Oh, that man, yes. The Arachchi was killed afterwards,
wasn't ...
Aiya, how can I tell his name ? ' ' What was his name, fool ? ' ' They called him
Babun." ' What was he convicted for ? ' ' It was a false case. They said he had
robbed the Arachchi.' ' Oh, that man, yes. The Arachchi was killed afterwards,
wasn't ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo Amara Devi anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm chena child cloth compound crop daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave leopard listen live looked magistrate Malay months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Appu Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko
Bibliographic information
| Title | The village in the jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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